Based on court records, the 19-yearold San Juan resident at the center of this auto—pedestrian fatality story, Manuel Canchola, looked like he was a magnet for trouble starting at the age of 18. Maybe earlier, but juvenile records are sealed.
HUB City Toastmasters meets each Wednesday at the Pharr Memorial Library, 121 E. Cherokee, second floor, from noon until 1 p.m. Visitors are welcome.
The Texas Department of Public Safety wants $1.2 billion to turn its training center north of Austin into a full-time statewide law enforcement academy — starting with a state-of-the-art active-shooter facility that would need a nearly half-billion-dollar investment from Texas taxpayers next year.
This story is going to take a while to finalize because more than a few people need to be interviewed, including the mayor, Mario Garza, and the city manager, Ben Arjona.
— As expected by those who have been following the August acquittal of former Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina, charged with multiple counts of voter fraud and conspiracy to commit voter fraud, the Hidalgo County DA’s office filed a motion last week, Nov. 16, to dismiss similar charges against the last remaining defendants tied to the 2017 Edinburg mayoral election, including the former mayor’s wife, Dalia Molina.
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